Forget bamboo. For privacy fencing in a dry garden, consider a centuries-old Mexican method: plant cacti.
Ellen Anderman
Mexican fence post
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Looking to bring a touch of the southwest to your home or garden? Cacti are a great option. Here's everything you need about the Mexican fence post cactus.
Landry Jenkins
This fast-growing cactus makes a strong, vertical statement wherever it resides and is often a focal point of the landscape. Its long, low-branching canes grow straight and upright to 12 feet tall, sometimes even taller in frost-free areas. Each cane has 5-7 ribs that feature a tidy row of small spines along a white “stripe”…
Chris Bodiford
Jairo Ramirez on Instagram: "Mexican fence post is the common name for Pachycereus marginatus. It was a cheap way to determine property boundaries back in the day. Well this walkway at the Oaxacan Botanical garden is just to die for. Goals🌵🌵🌵. #exoticsucculents #ilovefatplants#fatplants#cactus #succulents #oaxaca #oaxacanplants #homedecor #homeandgarden"
Vicente Godfrey
Mexican Fence Post contemporary landscape
Marney Hurley
Salvaged native Mexican Fence Post cactus (Pachycereus marginatus) grow against the serene backdrop of whitewashed walls of a 90-year-old adobe house in Paradise Valley. Native desert plants “mediate” between the historic building and a modern lap pool. #gardenista
Gardenista
Living privacy fence ideas are a great way to be green and give personality to your Homestead and invite nature in your live.
Carlastephens
The New Year has brought cold weather to the Sonoran Desert. But because we’ve had some rain and because it was so warm through most of December there are pockets of wildflowers coming up here and there, as well as blooms by some flowers that won’t be stopped by anything but a hard freeze. Desert Marigolds and Chiltepin fruits Arizona Bluebells In most of Tohono Chul Park, our plants meet more hospitable conditions than those out in the desert. We irrigate many flower beds, and surround them…
work4thebirds
The Mexican Fence Post (Pachycereus marginatus) cactus makes a frequent appearance in upscale desert landscapes. It’s also one of our most popular plants.
Alan Navarro
Marie O'Donnell